463: Is exercise more important than nutrition? | Food writer Anastacia Marx de Salcedo

Published: Dec. 26, 2022, 10 a.m.

b"Anastacia Marx de Salcedo: \\u201cLet exercise be thy medicine.\\u201d\\nAnastacia, a nonfiction writer and author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how regular exercise has the ability to transform your health, even if you subscribe to a not-so-balanced eating plan. For the record, we still believe that health begins on one\\u2019s plate\\u2014but exercise may be way more important than we thought. In this episode, they cover:\\n- Anastacia\\u2019s personal health journey (~00:58)\\n- Anastacia\\u2019s personal nutrition philosophy (~06:14)\\n- The military\\u2019s influence around food shelf-life (~08:43)\\n- Why exercise is the ultimate elixir for health (~13:20)\\n- The most reasonably healthy processed foods (~20:00)\\n- Why nutrition science is not as concrete as we thought (~22:58)\\n- Why we shouldn\\u2019t overlook exercise for overall well-being (~34:10)\\n- How exercise benefits every function of the body (~39:02)\\n- The ultimate exercise diet (~43:05)\\n- What we can learn from studies on cats & bats (~45:25)\\n- Why traditional doctors don\\u2019t talk enough about exercise & nutrition (~56:49)\\n- How Anastacia ranks exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle habits (~01:04:08)\\n- How Anastacia uses running as a tool for self-care (~01:09:30)\\n- Anastacia\\u2019s biggest wellness pet peeve (~01:12:01)\\n- How exercise has helped Anastacia\\u2019s MS journey (~01:14:09)\\n- How to exercise your way out of a subpar diet (~01:16:54)\\n- Sex differences on the impact of physical activity (~01:20:00)\\xa0\\n\\nReferenced in the episode:\\n- Anastacia's book, Eat Like a Pig, Run Like a Horse. \\n- Anastacia's previous book, Combat-Ready Kitchen.\\n- Check out Anastacia's website.\\n- Read more about Ancel Keys & the link between diet & heart disease.\\n- Glenn Gaesser's BMI study.\\n- Learn more about The Jackson Laboratory.\\n- A study on fitness level & COVID outcomes.\\n- The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC).\\n- mbg Podcast episode #192 with Terry Wahls, M.D.\\n- Sign up for The Long Game.\\xa0\\n\\nTake 20% off our holiday collection with code HOLIDAY20. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Apply code at checkout.\\n\\nWe hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at:\\xa0podcast@mindbodygreen.com.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"